Jackson v. Gallaudet University

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TANYA S. CHUTEAN, United States District Judge

This matter is before the Court on Defendant Gallaudet University’s Rule 12(b)(6) Motion for Partial Dismissal of Plaintiffs Amended Complaint [ECF No. 17]. For the reasons discussed below, Court will grant the motion in part and deny the motion in part.

I. BACKGROUND

“Plaintiff is completely deaf and of Jamaican national origin.” First Am. Compl. for Employment Discrimination and Retaliation [ECF No. 14] (“Am. Compl.”) ¶4. “She communicates using both American Sign Language (‘ASL’) and Jamaican Sign Language (‘JSL’).” Id.